Exercise with a capital E!

Exercise is such an incredibly powerful tool in our diabetes health programs.

Here's the way I look at it:

For a type 2 diabetic, either due to lack of insulin in the blood or resistance to insulin in our cells, we just end up with too much glucose in the wrong place ... in our blood rather than in our cells! To me, insulin is the key that unlocks the door in our cells that allows the glucose to move into our cells. Anything that increases the receptivity of our cells to insulin is enormously beneficial to us.

Enormously beneficial.

And that is where exercise plays a big part.

Glucose is ushered into our cells by special proteins called GLUT-4 transporters. Insulin causes these transporters to rise to the surface of our cells and let glucose in. Well, exercise does the same thing ... it causes these transporters to rise to the surface of our cells and let glucose in.

Therefore, when you hear the saying 'exercise clears the blood of glucose', there is truth to it.

See how exercise is enormously beneficial?

Experts say that starting with a 20 minute walk each day can immediately start this positive effect in your life.

What say ye?

Put on those walking shoes and walk!